A UCLA program launched this month will use funding from fees levied on business-related air travel to combat greenhouse gas emissions. Campus departments are now required to pay an extra $9 for each business-related domestic round trip and $25 for each international round trip that staff members travel by air. The money goes to the […]
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Increased resources lead to surge of student startups sweeping UCLA
Alvin Vuong and Eric Qu had no business experience when they pitched their idea for an augmented reality game studio to the UCLA Startup Accelerator in 2017. Less than eight months after being accepted to the accelerator’s summer program for student entrepreneurs, Vuong and Qu have established a company called Escality, LLC with their other […]
Muslim Student Association calls for larger prayer spaces for students
Muslim students are continuing to pray at an outdoor loading area due to the lack of private prayer spaces on campus. The Muslim Student Association currently holds its general Muslim prayers at the loading area behind Kerckhoff Hall, a public space that is often disrupted by foot traffic and heavy construction activities related to the […]
Engineering school namesake Henry Samueli discusses life, career
Technological entrepreneur Henry Samueli, the namesake of UCLA’s engineering school, said at an event Wednesday that engineering has become an increasingly popular and lucrative field over the past three decades. Samueli spoke to more than 150 people at the Mong Learning Center in the Engineering VI building about his career path and gave advice about […]
In-house fraternity parties with alcohol banned indefinitely
This post was updated Jan. 18 at 9:43 p.m. UCLA fraternities have been indefinitely banned from hosting in-house events with alcohol, according to a statement from the UCLA Interfraternity Council. The council’s executive board and presidents passed the ban at its Tuesday meeting, according to the statement released Wednesday night. IFC’s ban was confirmed by […]
Alum receives scholarship for project supporting Ethiopian communities
Rawan Galaidos came up with the idea to sell streetwear to fund malaria prevention and education in Ethiopia when she learned that humans are intrinsically communal in a UCLA sociology lecture. “I thought to myself that if humans are innately good and willing to work together, all that’s needed is a way to act,” she […]
